§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of persons currently under the supervision of the probation service in England and Wales are considered to be mentally disordered or mentally ill.
§ Mr. JackIn 1991, 147 persons conditionally discharged from psychiatric hospitals were under probation service supervision and a total of 911 persons commenced probation orders with a requirement of psychiatric treatment—784 non-residential, 119 residential, eight juvenile non-residential. Information on mental disorder and mental illness in respect of the total probation caseload is not collected centrally.